Trump taps Raytheon VP as Army secretary

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>Man with presumably decades of experience with highly advanced weapons systems

Seems like a good choice desu. Who would you have, a senator that hasn't seen anything more advanced than an AR?

>tomahawk manufacturer gets to be the secretary of the army

The Raytheon Company is a major U.S. defense contractor and industrial corporation with core manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics. It was previously involved in corporate and special-mission aircraft until early 2007. Raytheon is the world's largest producer of guided missiles.[5]

Established in 1922, the company reincorporated in 1928 and adopted its present name in 1959. The company has around 63,000 employees worldwide[6] and annual revenues of approximately US$25 billion. More than 90% of Raytheon's revenues were obtained from military contracts and, as of 2012, it was the fifth-largest military contractor in the world.[7] As of 2015, it is the third largest defense contractor in the United States by defense revenue.[8]

Raytheon's headquarters moved from Lexington, Massachusetts, to Waltham, Massachusetts, in 2003.[9] The company was previously headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from 1922 to 1928, Newton, Massachusetts, from 1928 to 1941, Waltham from 1941 to 1961, Lexington from 1961 to 2003, and back to Waltham from 2003 onwards.

Controversies
Government relationship

As the vast majority of Raytheon's revenues have been obtained from defense contracts, there has been a tight relationship of cooperation between itself and the U.S. Department of Defense and other U.S. government departments and agencies (e.g. in the Fiscal Year 2007 the National Science Foundation awarded Raytheon $152 million in grants, more than to any other institution and organization in the country,[31] for managing NSF South Pole Station). This, along with heavy lobbying, has led to perennial charges of influence peddling. Raytheon, for instance, contributed nearly a million dollars to various defense-related political campaigns in the presidential election year of 2004, spending much more than that on lobbying expenses.[32] And there are many tight ties between the company and all levels of government. For example, Richard Armitage, a former United States Deputy Secretary of State, is linked to the company through consultancy work. John M. Deutch, a former U.S. Director of Central Intelligence, sits on the board of directors, along with Warren Rudman, a former Senator. On the other hand, Raytheon has also been involved in several contract disputes with the U.S. Government.[32]

Clearly you've never talked with anybody in the US Army.

Abby Martin is a Marxist fuckdoll.

I'd rather have someone who isn't financially vested in the manufacturing of weapons. If you know anything about the history of the pentagon losing trillions mysteriously you'd understand that having someone not connected to the military industrial complex would be wise.

Case of illegally obtaining classified information in a bidding process
In March 1990, Raytheon pleaded guilty to one felony count of illegally obtaining classified Air Force budget and planning documents.[33] U.S. District Judge Albert V. Bryan, Jr. imposed a $10,000 criminal fine for one felony count of "conveyance without authority" and $900,000 in civil penalties and damages. The documents allegedly gave Raytheon an unfair advantage against its competitors in bidding for weapons contracts. Although the plea only involved 1983 Air Force documents, United States Attorney Henry Hudson said Raytheon also illegally obtained a wide range of secret Pentagon documents.

Disputed claims of the Patriot missile

During the 1991 Gulf War, Raytheon received widespread publicity in the United States in connection with its manufacture of the Patriot missile (MIM-104 Patriot). The Patriot missile is an anti-aircraft missile that was upgraded to have some capability against ballistic missiles. The Patriot had allegedly intercepted Scud missiles launched by Iraq in its defense against the U.S.-led invasion. When President George H. W. Bush traveled to Raytheon's Patriot manufacturing plant in Andover, Massachusetts, during the Gulf War, he declared, the "Patriot is 41 for 42: 42 Scuds engaged, 41 intercepted!"[34] After the Gulf War had concluded, the staff of the House Government Operations Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security reported,

"The Patriot missile system was not the spectacular success in the Persian Gulf War that the American public was led to believe. There is little evidence to prove that the Patriot hit more than a few Scud missiles launched by Iraq during the Gulf War, and there are some doubts about even these engagements. The public and the United States Congress were misled by definitive statements of success issued by administration and Raytheon representatives during and after the war."[35]

Doesn't matter, Raytheon is already in control of the USA's missile stocks, with Maverick, HARM, JSOW, Sidewinder, AMRAAM, Tomahawk, Javelin, Stinger, Patriot, Standard, and Evolved Sea Sparrow missiles being built by Raytheon.

Contract disputes

In October 1994, Raytheon paid $4 million to settle a U.S. government claim that it inflated a defense contract for antimissile radar.[36] The PAVE PAWS (Precision Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased Array Warning System) system was designed to detect incoming submarine-launched ballistic missiles. The government claimed in a federal lawsuit that Raytheon inflated a contract to upgrade two of four PAVE PAWS sites by proposing to hire higher-skilled employees than were necessary for the job.[36]

Just one year earlier, on October 14, 1993, Raytheon paid $3.7 million to settle allegations that it misled the United States Department of Defense by overstating the labor costs involved in manufacturing Patriot missiles.[36] "The recovery of this money is yet another warning to contractors that the Truth in Negotiations Act's information disclosure requirements will be strictly and sternly enforced," Frank Hunger, assistant attorney general, said in a statement.[36]

Brazilian SIVAM project
Allegations of bribery were made against Raytheon in 1995 in connection with its efforts to win a 1.4 billion dollar radar contract from Brazil for the SIVAM project. SIVAM, the acronym for "System for Vigilance over the Amazon," was a complex radar surveillance system for use in monitoring the Amazon rainforest, allegedly to curb the trafficking of narcotics and to curb illegal logging or burning of the forest. Brazilian police wiretapped a telephone conversation between a special advisor to the Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, and Raytheon's operative in Brazil, Jose Afonso Assumpcão. According to transcripts published in the Brazilian national weekly Isto É, when Assumpcão told Gomes dos Santos that Brazilian Senator Gilberto Miranda might block the Raytheon contract, Gomes dos Santos responded, "Damn, did you already pay this guy?". Gomes dos Santos and Brazil's aviation minister resigned because of allegations that this conversation suggested that bribes were paid. Nonetheless, Raytheon ultimately was awarded the contract after lobbying by the administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton.

AGES lawsuit
In 1996, a corporation called AGES Group filed a lawsuit against Raytheon in a federal court in Alabama over a $450 million contract to service C-12 Huron and U-21 military aircraft.[37] The Boston Herald reported that AGES alleged that the security firm Wackenhut Corporation, hired by Raytheon, used video and audio surveillance to spy on a consulting firm hired by AGES to help it prepare its bid. AGES also alleged that stolen confidential pricing documents were turned over to Raytheon. Both Raytheon and AGES had been vying for the contract, which Raytheon had held for decades but AGES won in 1996. On May 12, 1999, Reuters reported that Raytheon would pay $3 million to AGES Group and purchase $13 million worth of AGES aircraft parts to settle the AGES lawsuit. The settlement was exceptional in that the parties agreed that judgment would be entered against Raytheon, legally establishing the validity of AGES' allegations.

Securities litigation
In October 1999, Raytheon was the subject of a number of securities class action lawsuits alleging it had issued a series of materially false and misleading statements including overstating the company's 1997 and 1998 revenues, concealing cost overruns and inflating its financial results. The suits were brought in response to a massive drop in value of Raytheon's common stock as traded on the New York Stock Exchange. On Tuesday, October 12, 1999, Raytheon shares traded at about 45% below their level on October 11, 1999. The plunge in stock prices was triggered by a Wall Street Journal report that Raytheon was over cost or behind schedule on more than a dozen fixed-price defense contracts. This crash represented a loss of about $8 billion in market value in a single day. On May 13, 2004 Raytheon reported that it had reached a preliminary agreement to pay $410 million in cash and securities to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging it misled investors by not disclosing difficulties on various Pentagon and construction projects five years before.

Swanson's Unwritten Rules of Management

On April 24, 2006 in a statement released by Raytheon, CEO Swanson admitted to plagiarism in claiming authorship for his booklet, "Swanson's Unwritten Rules of Management," after a report by The New York Times.[38] On May 2, 2006, Raytheon withdrew distribution of the book.[39] The following day, the company's board of directors announced that "In response to this matter, the Board has decided not to raise Mr. Swanson's salary above its 2005 level, and will reduce the amount of restricted stock for which he is eligible in the coming year by 20 percent."[40]

Silent Guardian testing on prisoners

In August 2010, Raytheon announced that it had partnered with a jail in Castaic, California to use prisoners as test subjects for the new non-lethal Silent Guardian active denial system that "[...] penetrates about a 64th of an inch under your skin. That's about where your pain receptacles are. So it's what it would feel like if you just opened up the doors of a blast furnace."[41]

Harvesting personal data from social networking websites

In 2010 Raytheon developed an "extreme-scale analytics" system named Rapid Information Overlay Technology (RIOT), which allows the user to track people's movements and even predict their behaviour by mining data from social networking sites including Facebook, Twitter, Gowalla, and Foursquare. Raytheon claims that it has not sold this software to any clients, but has shared it with US government and industry.[42] A company spokesperson told PC magazine in 2013 that "Raytheon, as a leader in cybersecurity, offers advanced capabilities to government customers. We're focused on providing them the best available solutions that meet their constantly evolving requirements."[43]

Production of depleted uranium weapons

Raytheon has patented a number of weapon designs which allow for the use of depleted uranium. For instance there is the patent "Missile warhead design"[44] (1997) which suggests the use of tungsten but adds that "In addition, other ballast sizes and other materials such as lead or depleted uranium may be used without departing from the scope of the present invention". There is also the patent "Guided kinetic penetrator"[45] (2005) which patents "9. The projectile guidance system of claim 1, wherein the kinetic penetrator body comprises at least one of tungsten, carbide steel, and depleted uranium". The patent "Improved missile warhead design"[46] (1998) which patents "2. The invention of Claim 1 wherein the ballast mechanism (16) includes tungsten, lead and/or depleted uranium material(s)", the "Cluster explosively-formed penetrator warheads" patent[47] (2011) which patents "The spherically-shaped explosive device of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of liners comprises a material selected from a group consisting of copper, molybdenum, tungsten, aluminum, tantalum, depleted uranium, lead, tin, cadmium, cobalt, magnesium, titanium, zinc, zirconium, beryllium, nickel, silver, and combinations thereof", and the "Low-collateral damage directed fragmentation munition" patent[48] (2014) which uses a tungsten or uranium ring ("The ring 44 may be made of tungsten or depleted uranium, to give non-limiting examples") to direct the energy of the weapon. [49]

What a stupid fucking cuck you are....

This isn't draining the swamp, little shitgibbon...it's putting more crocodiles in it.

wake the fuck up

>Abby Martin is a Marxist fuckdoll.

The replies get stupider by the day. She had a show on RT and is currently on telesur, what show do you have?

> i... swear... i actually believe this

>This isn't draining the swamp,

That's the point of my post you idiot. I was mocking his draining the swamp

Oh no, an army secretary that worked in the defense industry. The travesty, what's next, an education secretary that used to teach, a health secretary that worked in a hospital? Oh, my and he was an executive at that, the corruption, they should have put a solderer off the factory floor in as secretary, that would have been more fair.

GO FUCK YOURSELF CUNT YOU WON'T SAY THIS UNDER OBAMA

TRUMP OWNS STOCK IN RATHEYON

GO BACK TO THE DONALD

why do conservashits always support corruption?
every got damned time.

stay mad drumpftkin :^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^)

I'm looking forward to another wave of redditniggers losing their shit trying to spin this around and leaving permanently. Syria made a noticeable difference.

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Where is the corruption? OP, which is probably (you) pointed out maybe a total of 800 million in settlements and fines for a 25billion a year company, and a defense contractor at that. One that does business in the US and faces a level of scrutiny above other industries. Compare that level with what you would get doing something mundane like building a house, you would be lucky to only lose that much money to corruption

What else did he point out that was actually wrong? Depleated Uranium? That's the best there is for penetrators, outside of the ones between the legs of the negroes lined up beside op's bathroom stall, and all the top manufacturers make them.

Now op did take the effort to copy and paste a bunch of shit here, it just doesn't point to the conclusion he wants people to make.

This isn't how this board works. People aren't going to read your encyclopedia thread, and you're also retarded or lazy for not boiling it down. There's nothing wrong with this appointment even after considering all of the bullshit that a naturally comes with crony capitalist defense companies.

hmm

somebody explain this to me like i'm 22

see: Optionally google what Raytheon is. That is, if you'd like to know who will be responsible for the upcoming Syrian invasion

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Nice trips

>someone who was a high level exec in a weapons company now becomes a high level exec in the government's defense department

No conflicts of interest whatsoever...

You think having a job means that company owns you forever?

Day One

>"Hmmmm, what we need around here is more Raytheon products!"

No. It'd be more akin to a pharmaceutical executive working as Secretary of HHS or an executive of a text book publishing company being or some for-profit college like University of Phoenix becoming Secretary of Education.

The defense industry is the only industry that has any application on an Army Secretary's work. This is a position historically not held by a general. Where do you think they should have gone for an army secretary? Some career politician who had never been in charge of more people than his personal staff? Maybe you would prefer an anti war organizer to run our army into the ground worse than when your boy was in office.